A few showers have formed to the east and southeast of Birmingham this evening...and they are slowly growing into thunderstorms.
They extend from Leeds down to Chelsea. Showers from Argo down to Leeds are diminishing...
A few shyowers were over Central Alabama from parts of Chilton County over to Perry County and over Northeast Alabama.
The activity is slowly drifting south.
Radar Update
September 3, 2006, 6:30 pm
by Bill Murray
in General Thoughts
Tropical Depression Six Forms
September 3, 2006, 2:52 pm
Tropical depression six has formed this afternoon about 1525 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands.
It is moving NW at 14 mph. This motion is expected to continue.
Top winds are 35 mph but conditions are favorable for the system to strengthen into Tropical Storm Florence.
The storm should head into the Atlantic north of Puerto Rico.
It is moving NW at 14 mph. This motion is expected to continue.
Top winds are 35 mph but conditions are favorable for the system to strengthen into Tropical Storm Florence.
The storm should head into the Atlantic north of Puerto Rico.
by Bill Murray
in Tropical Weather
Tropical Depression Forms
September 3, 2006, 2:36 pm
As we mentioned in the Blog posts earlier today, the tropical disturbance about half way between Africa and the Lesser Antilles has continued to become better organized, so the National Hurricane Center has begun issuing advisories on it. Here is the full text of the advisory.
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX ADVISORY NUMBER 1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062006
500 PM EDT SUN SEP 03 2006
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC...
AT 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 40.4 WEST OR ABOUT 1525
MILES...2455 KM...EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT OR ON
MONDAY.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 500 PM EDT POSITION...14.6 N...40.4 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM EDT.
-Brian-
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX ADVISORY NUMBER 1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062006
500 PM EDT SUN SEP 03 2006
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC...
AT 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 40.4 WEST OR ABOUT 1525
MILES...2455 KM...EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT OR ON
MONDAY.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 500 PM EDT POSITION...14.6 N...40.4 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM EDT.
-Brian-
by Brian Peters
in Tropical Weather
Sunday Morning Ramblings
September 3, 2006, 9:41 am
JOHN:
The once major hurricane in the Pacific, John, is now just a tropical storm with maximum sustained wind of 45 mph with some higher gusts possible. John continued to move north-northwest running up Baja California. John is expected to turn westward into the Pacific on Tuesday. John continued to produce large amounts of rain over Baja California producing mud slides and flooding.
ATLANTIC:
In the Atlantic, an area of disturbed weather continued to show signs of organization this morning and the National Hurricane Center could begin issuing advisories on it later today. The area of low pressure was located some 1500 miles east of the Lesser Antilles and was moving northwestly at 10 to 15 mph.
HINT OF FALL:
We should all see a hint of Fall this coming week with the passage of a cold front through Central Alabama late Monday and early Tuesday. The front should usher in some cooler air as well as drier air. With the humidity falling back a bit, the air should feel very pleasant. This cold front is not particularly strong so I'm not looking for a major cold blast, but knocking off a few degrees plus a few percentage points in the humidity will certainly feel good. And Fall is just around the corner. According to the U. S. Naval Observatory, Fall will officially begin at 11:03 pm on September 22nd. I've had enough hot weather so I'm ready for the season to change. Isn't it wonderful how the seasons change so we don't get completely bored out of our minds with the same weather?
MAC COMPUTER:
I haven't mentioned much about it, but I sure am enjoying using my MacBook Pro. I've had it almost six months now, but I'm still learning how to use it. It's amzing to me that the MacBook and a PC laptop do much the same thing but they do it in such dramatically different ways. I love the Mac from the point of stability - I have never crashed the operating system since I bought it. I have crashed some programs, but that is just the reality of computers and software. But when a program crashes on the Mac, it doesn't take the operating system with it. So nice not to have to deal with those kinds of issues. I'm not an evangelist for Apple yet, but I may be on my way to achieving that status. I can highly recommend the hardware/software to anyone who uses computers a lot. I still have a couple of programs that I use a lot that do not exist for the Mac platform, so I'm trying to work up my nerve to load Parallels Deskstation which allows Windows to operate on my Mac so I can use those programs. But I'm not sure I want to do that to this beautiful machine.
WEEK AHEAD:
Jason Simpson is going to be on vacation, so I'll be filling in for him on the morning and noon shows this week. I just love working with Tracy Haynes during these fill-in periods. He's really got a great personality and knows his profession and job very well. I keep hoping some of his professionalism will rub on me. He's a great addition to the ABC 3340 team. Of course, it goes without saying that I also get to work with Pam Huff and she's a marvelous anchor that I really admire.
10TH ANNIVERSARY:
I've only been with the station for two and a half years, but it is still a great pleasure to be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the station this month. We have a great group of people that work hard to bring you great programming, news, sports, and weather. I'm blessed to be part of this fine media outlet.
Guess I've rambled enough. Blog posting is a lot of fun and I hope a worthwhile read for you. Have a great Labor Day!!
-Brian-
The once major hurricane in the Pacific, John, is now just a tropical storm with maximum sustained wind of 45 mph with some higher gusts possible. John continued to move north-northwest running up Baja California. John is expected to turn westward into the Pacific on Tuesday. John continued to produce large amounts of rain over Baja California producing mud slides and flooding.
ATLANTIC:
In the Atlantic, an area of disturbed weather continued to show signs of organization this morning and the National Hurricane Center could begin issuing advisories on it later today. The area of low pressure was located some 1500 miles east of the Lesser Antilles and was moving northwestly at 10 to 15 mph.
HINT OF FALL:
We should all see a hint of Fall this coming week with the passage of a cold front through Central Alabama late Monday and early Tuesday. The front should usher in some cooler air as well as drier air. With the humidity falling back a bit, the air should feel very pleasant. This cold front is not particularly strong so I'm not looking for a major cold blast, but knocking off a few degrees plus a few percentage points in the humidity will certainly feel good. And Fall is just around the corner. According to the U. S. Naval Observatory, Fall will officially begin at 11:03 pm on September 22nd. I've had enough hot weather so I'm ready for the season to change. Isn't it wonderful how the seasons change so we don't get completely bored out of our minds with the same weather?
MAC COMPUTER:
I haven't mentioned much about it, but I sure am enjoying using my MacBook Pro. I've had it almost six months now, but I'm still learning how to use it. It's amzing to me that the MacBook and a PC laptop do much the same thing but they do it in such dramatically different ways. I love the Mac from the point of stability - I have never crashed the operating system since I bought it. I have crashed some programs, but that is just the reality of computers and software. But when a program crashes on the Mac, it doesn't take the operating system with it. So nice not to have to deal with those kinds of issues. I'm not an evangelist for Apple yet, but I may be on my way to achieving that status. I can highly recommend the hardware/software to anyone who uses computers a lot. I still have a couple of programs that I use a lot that do not exist for the Mac platform, so I'm trying to work up my nerve to load Parallels Deskstation which allows Windows to operate on my Mac so I can use those programs. But I'm not sure I want to do that to this beautiful machine.
WEEK AHEAD:
Jason Simpson is going to be on vacation, so I'll be filling in for him on the morning and noon shows this week. I just love working with Tracy Haynes during these fill-in periods. He's really got a great personality and knows his profession and job very well. I keep hoping some of his professionalism will rub on me. He's a great addition to the ABC 3340 team. Of course, it goes without saying that I also get to work with Pam Huff and she's a marvelous anchor that I really admire.
10TH ANNIVERSARY:
I've only been with the station for two and a half years, but it is still a great pleasure to be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the station this month. We have a great group of people that work hard to bring you great programming, news, sports, and weather. I'm blessed to be part of this fine media outlet.
Guess I've rambled enough. Blog posting is a lot of fun and I hope a worthwhile read for you. Have a great Labor Day!!
-Brian-
by Brian Peters
in General Thoughts
Changes Coming - A Hint of Fall?
September 3, 2006, 7:17 amThe Sunday map discussion video is on the web, and available on iTunes:
Don't forget that the map discussion is available in both WMV and MOV formats (Windows and Quicktime), so you have your choice for viewing.
Trying to get this written and posted so I can get to early services this morning. Our tranquil weather pattern is going to come to an end Monday and Tuesday as a cold front approaches and moves through Central Alabama. I'm still of the opinion that moisture will be somewhat limited, so it looks like a scattered shower situation and not a line where everyone might get some rain.
The good news is that we are going to see temperatures drop back a bit with the front along with some drier air. Temperatures today will climb into the lower 90s once again. Clouds on Labor Day will hold temperatures back a tad with rain chances increasing as the front approaches in the afternoon and evening.
The front exits around mid-day on Tuesday with clearing possible by late afternoon. Our coolest morning will probably come Wednesday with temperatures in the lower 60s. Some of the cooler valley locations could see some 50-degree values on Wednesday morning hinting at the upcoming season change which is only about two weeks off.
With the trough passing on Wednesday and a dry atmosphere, it looks dry through the end of the week and into the weekend as temperatures gradually climb back toward 90 degrees while morning lows stay in the 60s.
Tropics remain fairly quiet with a string of disturbed weather areas from the Eastern Caribbean to near the coast of Africa. The biggest disturbance was located about 1000 miles east of the Windward Islands and a depression could be forming in that area. This one has the potential to develop into the next named storm and might, if the long range model diagnostics are correct, threaten the US in about a week. But don't be placing bets on that just yet - too far out to be very specific.
I hope you all have a great Sunday and enjoy the holiday on Monday. I'll be filling in for Jason Simpson during the upcoming week, so be sure to tune in Good Morning Alabama for the latest news and weather.
-Brian-
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